Mark of A Woman is a performance project by Chisato Minamimura, celebrating and exploring personal histories and authentic accounts of the undertold relationships between women and tattooing cultures.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has been celebrated as one of the world’s great orchestras since being founded by Sir Thomas Beecham in 1932. The LPO aims to bring wonder to the modern world with ...

The Queen Elizabeth Hall is a leading London venue showcasing world-class talks, gigs, dance, performance and classical music. Originally opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1967, our Queen ...

Witness the battle to break out of cycles in this playful yet unsettling Forced Entertainment performance Join us for a BSL tour of Haegue Yang: Leap Year, guiding you through the exhibition’s themes ...

With a huge choice of street food and drinks, the Southbank Centre Food Market is a must-visit – whether you’re a certified food lover or just peckish. ‘In London, you can usually count on a street ...

In 2022 we were delighted to partner with Apple to launch Reframe, an innovative programme designed to uplift emerging Black creatives across the UK. This collaboration also included our partners at ...

Discover new poets through this free online collection of brilliant, moving, funny and groundbreaking poems curated by our specialist poetry librarians. Search the poems by type or by topic, or use ...

Step into a bespoke, experimental sound system that turns the Queen Elizabeth Hall itself into a living, breathing, epic three-dimensional instrument. Concrete Voids is made up of over 80 speakers ...

Who uses the Medusa’s eye? Have you heard a chorus of frogs? Do you know who Gentle Dobbin is? The library keeps a running list of frequently asked for ‘lost’ quotations that for some reason have come ...